The Wolf Within - The Astonishing Evolution of the Wolf Into Man's Best Friend

Informationen zum Autor Professor Bryan Sykes is a Fellow of Wolfson College, and Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford. Originally a medical geneticist specialising in inherited bone disease, Prof Sykes has in recent years been researching what DNA can tell us about the human past. His work has encompassed the first recovery of DNA from ancient bone, the colonisation of Polynesia, the fate of the Neanderthals, the early settlement of Britain and the link between genetics and surnames. He is the founder and chairman of Oxford Ancestors, which helps individuals explore their genetic roots using DNA. Klappentext The long journey from "Homo Sapiens" most unlikely ally to man's best friend is traced along genetic and evolutionary lines in this latest book from the "DNA USA: A Genetic Portrait Of America" author, with an emphasison how human and dog have influenced one another's development. Zusammenfassung The evolution of dogs and the forces that drove its amazing transformation from a fierce wild carnivore! the wolf! to the astonishing range of comparatively docile domesticated dogs that we know today.

Product details

• Authors: Bryan (Prof.) Sykes, Professor Bryan Sykes
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780008244453
• ISBN: 978-0-00-824445-3
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Evolution, popular science, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Evolution, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, PETS / Dogs / Breeds, NATURE / Fossils, NATURE / Animals / Wolves, Animal behaviour, Genetics (non-medical), Zoology and animal sciences